Final Battle

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Final Battle
Promotions Ring of Honor
First eventFinal Battle 2002

Final Battle is a professional wrestling event, held annually by the Ring of Honor promotion. The event was initially held in 2002.

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It is held in December, and is the promotion's last show of the calendar year. [1] The 2009 edition of the show was ROH's first internet pay-per-view, and the first ROH show to be broadcast live. [2] The 2010 edition and the 2011 edition were also broadcast live via the internet. Between 2006 and 2014, every event was held at either the Grand Ballroom or the Hammerstein Ballroom of the Manhattan Center in New York City. Final Battle has since become Ring of Honor's premiere flagship event, similar to WWE's WrestleMania. [3] [4]

Dates and venues

EventDateVenueLocationMain eventRef.
Final Battle 2002 December 28, 2002Murphy Recreation Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Bryan Danielson vs. Low Ki vs. Samoa Joe vs. Steve Corino in a four-way match for the Number One Contender's Trophy [5]
Final Battle 2003 December 27, 2003Pennsylvania National Guard ArmoryPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaThe Prophecy (Christopher Daniels and Dan Maff) vs. The Great Muta and Arashi [6]
Final Battle 2004 December 26, 2004Pennsylvania National Guard ArmoryPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaSamoa Joe (c) vs. Austin Aries for the ROH World Championship [7]
Final Battle 2005 December 17, 2005Inman Sports Center Edison, New Jersey Kenta (c) vs. Low Ki for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship [8]
Final Battle 2006 December 23, 2006Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom Manhattan, New York Bryan Danielson (c) vs. Homicide for the ROH World Championship [9]
Final Battle 2007 December 30, 2007Manhattan Center Grand BallroomManhattan, New York The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) (c) vs. The Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship [10]
Final Battle 2008 December 27, 2008 Hammerstein Ballroom Manhattan, New YorkBryan Danielson vs. Takeshi Morishima in a Fight Without Honor [11]
Final Battle 2009 December 19, 2009Manhattan Center Grand BallroomManhattan, New YorkAustin Aries (c) vs. Tyler Black for the ROH World Championship [12]
Final Battle 2010 December 18, 2010Manhattan Center Grand BallroomManhattan, New York El Generico vs. Kevin Steen in an unsanctioned Fight Without Honor for Generico's mask or Steen's ROH career [13]
Final Battle 2011 December 23, 2011Hammerstein BallroomManhattan, New York Davey Richards (c) vs. Eddie Edwards (with Dan Severn) for the ROH World Championship [14]
Final Battle 2012: Doomsday December 16, 2012Hammerstein BallroomManhattan, New YorkKevin Steen (c) vs. El Generico in Ladder War IV for the ROH World Championship [15]
Final Battle 2013 December 14, 2013Hammerstein BallroomManhattan, New York Adam Cole (c) vs. Michael Elgin vs. Jay Briscoe in a Three-way match for the ROH World Championship
Final Battle 2014 December 7, 2014 Terminal 5 Manhattan, New York Jay Briscoe (c) vs. Adam Cole in a Fight Without Honor for the ROH World Championship [16]
Final Battle (2015) December 18, 2015 2300 Arena Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaJay Lethal (c) vs A.J. Styles for the ROH World Championship [17]
Final Battle (2016) December 2, 2016 Hammerstein Ballroom Manhattan, New York Adam Cole (c) vs. Kyle O'Reilly for the ROH World Championship [18]
Final Battle (2017) December 15, 2017 Hammerstein Ballroom Manhattan, New York Cody (c) vs Dalton Castle for the ROH World Championship
Final Battle (2018) December 14, 2018 Hammerstein Ballroom Manhattan, New YorkSoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) (c) vs. The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) in Ladder War VII for the ROH World Tag Team Championship
Final Battle (2019) December 13, 2019 UMBC Event Center Baltimore, Maryland [lower-alpha 1] Rush (c) vs. PCO for the ROH World Championship [19]
Final Battle (2020) December 18, 2020 UMBC Event Center Baltimore, Maryland [lower-alpha 1] Rush (c) vs. Brody King for the ROH World Championship
Final Battle (2021) December 11, 2021 Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena [lower-alpha 2] Baltimore, Maryland [lower-alpha 1] Jonathan Gresham vs. Jay Lethal for the vacant ROH World Championship
Final Battle (2022) December 10, 2022 College Park Center Arlington, Texas Chris Jericho (c) vs. Claudio Castagnoli for the ROH World Championship [20]
Final Battle (2023) December 15, 2023 Curtis Culwell Center Garland, Texas Athena (c) vs. Billie Starkz for the ROH Women’s World Championship [21]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  1. 1 2 3 While the event was billed as taking place in Baltimore, and the venue has a Baltimore mailing address, the venue is actually located outside the city limits in the community of Catonsville.
  2. ↑ Previously known as UMBC Event Center; the venue name was changed in April 2021.

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References

  1. ↑ DeRosenroll, Mike (December 19, 2009). "DeRosenroll's Classic ROH Feuds: History of "Final Battle" ROH World Title matches (2002–2005)". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 5, 2011. Final Battle has been the name of the last ROH show of each year since the promotion started in 2002
  2. ↑ Caldwell, James (December 20, 2009). "Caldwell's Daily Blog 12/20: TNA PPV tonight, Notes from ROH's PPV last night, Linda McMahon's spin on history, Bobby Lashley notes". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 5, 2009. the promotion's first live PPV event
  3. ↑ "December 28th Newswire". Ring of Honor . 2011-12-28. Retrieved 2013-10-28. The ROH athletes put it all on the line at the biggest event of the year. Replays of the iPPV broadcast of "Final Battle 2011" are available here.
  4. ↑ "Final Battle 2012: Doomsday- New York, NY 12/16/12 (DVD)". Ring of Honor . Retrieved 2013-10-28. Ring of Honor closes out 2012 with the biggest event of the year...
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  17. ↑ "Final Battle Returns to Philadelphia 12/18". Ring of Honor. August 17, 2015.
  18. ↑ < "Final Battle Returns Home to Manhattan Center's Hammerstein Ballroom". Ring of Honor.
  19. ↑ "Four Remaining Entrants For ROH World Title No. 1 Contender Tournament Revealed". rohwrestling.com. 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
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  21. ↑ Tessier, Colin (October 18, 2022). "Date, Location Announced For ROH Final Battle 2023". Fightful. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
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